The Case for Stronger Sanctions on Iran

France blocked a disastrous nuclear-arms deal sought by Obama. Now Congress has a chance to say merci.

By

Mark Dubowitz

And Reuel Marc Gerecht

Nov. 10, 2013 6:42 p.m. ET

Was the deal that Iran came close to negotiating with six world powers in Geneva over the weekend likely to keep Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon? Not according to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who said that the proposed agreement—to relax economic sanctions while reining in only parts of Iran's nuclear program—was a "sucker's deal." All indications are that it was Mr. Fabius and the French government whose skepticism blocked the bargain intensely sought by the Obama administration and the mullahs in...